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The Crested Serpent Eagle is one of our most-loved raptors. Seen in forests and countrysides near wooded areas, it is a small, powerful forest eagle. Trained birders can recognize its call — a screaming two or three-note whistle that carries very far when the bird is on the wing and soaring. In flight it is distinctive — the broad white horizontal bands on the tail and under the wings on a dark field are diagnostic.

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The Random Ogre

In the fog oases of Salalah, a wolf-whistle bids you turn and look. Just a Tristram's Starling crying wolf. Similar to a redstart but garrulous and raucous like a starling, this bird is all over the wadis, following the waves of human tourists that throng southeastern Oman during the rainy season

Humans toss pancakes but birds like the Blue-tailed Bee-eater grab venomous insect prey like wasps and bees in mid-air and thrash them dead to dislodge the sting before tossing them in the air a la Rajinikanth with the cigarette